The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-16
WHINING LIKE A SICK GIRL.
On. O. States.)

IN the fscdyane yesterday morning, We
find the following:
take exception to some remarks which
have fallen from the distinguished speak
ers who accompany Gov. McEnery. He
says he confronted by faction calling
themselves reformeTs who desire to elect
somebody else to be Governor we are fac
tionists, and are making war Oh the Dem
ocratic party.
Our senior Senator has q decided
genius for misstating the real position
of his opponents. Neither Gov. Nc
Emery, nor any of the distinguished
speakers who accompany" nor any of
the papers that support him, have ev-
er, at any time during this canvass,
claimed that because Gen. Gibson, or
any other individual, or individuals,
in the State preferred somebody else
for Governor, he or they are faction
lists, making war on the Democratic
party. Gov. McEnery and his sup
porters have made no such preposter-
Gus, not to say absurd and impudent
charge. On the contrary, the Cover
nor and his friends have, from the very
outset, held that the field ought to be
open for all aspirants for the Cover.
norship, and that no Democrat should
be shut out from contesting for this
high and honorable position. Indeed,
so far from holding any such position
as that attributed to him and his
friends by Gen. Gibson, at the open
ing of this canvass, we understood that
it was extremely doubtful whether or
not Gov. McEnery wonld permit his
friends to present his claims for re-
election. At the end of his term he
will have filled the gubernatorial chair
for more than six years; it is an office
of no pecuniary profit, the salary being
scarcely sufficient to enable the incum-
bent to maintain its dignity; he is
himself a poor man and all selfish con-
siderations prompted him to retire f,om
an onerous and Improbable public
station, resume his practice and reha-
bitete his private fortunes. But in the
midst Of the profoundest quiet, when
all peaceful men were attending to
their occupations, dreaming nonght of
politics, and ali unconscious Of the
dangers that threaten their liberties
and the corruption that is rotting their
government, the fierce and ever mill
tant Reformers, with souls forever
thirsting for the conflict, hands eter-
nally clutching the focmun's brand
and eyes even madly glazing upon the
"Ins" as foul demons to be exercised
from the body polite, "by apostolic
blows and knocks" sounded the note
of ularm. That note was not 'slike a
fire bell in the middle of night" as it
was no doubt intended to be, but it
was ear cracking foot of the Reform
er's horn and it was answered by every
Reform whistle in the State. And 10!
the Holy War for the defeat and ex-
termination of Democratic Governor
and the disgrace of a Democratic Ad-
ministration was begun, and the Dem
ocraric Governor was compelled to
arm for the fray.
To abandon metaphor, long before
it was known, whether McEnery would
be'a candidate or not, the Reformers,
selecting Gen. Nichols for their lead
er, not because of his superior qnalifi-
cations for Governor, but as the most
available man for their purpose, opened
a malignant war on Gov. McEnery
and his administration. They did not
have two propositions to present to the
Democracy. one that Nichols was a
good Democrat and competent man for
Governor, and the other that Gov. Nc
Emery should give place to him or to
some other equally good Democrat
They had but one proposition, and that
was, that Sam McEnery must and
should be driven in disgrace out of the
gubernatorial chair at any and all haz-
ards, and that the leader surest to &C
complish that end was Ex-Governor
Nichols. From that moment they
have pursued no other line of fight.
They have brow beaten and denounc-
ed every other Democrat in the State
who dared to aspire to the nomination
for Governor, while the rank and file
were frankly told that there were but
two men who should be considered,
namely: Sam. McEnery, "the ring.
ster," and "the manned hero and Re
former" +. T. Nichols. "This candi-
dature of Moncnre," said Reform ed